Anjum is told that a Hijra is "a living creature that is incapable of happiness.What does the family dynamic suggest about the role that biology plays in determining one's true family versus an individual's ability to create or choose one's family? Discuss the complications of Aftab's upbringing and his parents' reactions to their child's gender.How does this occurrence set the stage and tone for the rest of the novel with regard to the state of India's society and the unrest that the characters experience within themselves and with the outside world? How does that mood transition into the graveyard setting of the first part of the book? The novel opens with a vignette describing the mysterious death of vultures—and how "not many noticed the passing of the friendly old birds" (page 5).
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